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Mechanical technicians, Thomas Huber and John Poulsen, don safety harnesses and carefully guide the crane lifted...
Optical prots ring the Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) vacuum chamber to admit light from the heating laser (the beam...
Mechanical technicians, Nicholas Kwaitkowski, Tyere Garner, and Gary Sheridon, use a flashlight to check for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians perform blanket closeouts...
In this composite image taken by Juno's Stellar Reference Unit, the arrows point to small lightning flashes observed...
The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) environmental testing team poses with the bagged Ocean Color Instrument (OCI)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technician Grace Miller-Swales (left) does touch-up work on the Swift spacecraft in...
NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) lifts off from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician trims blanket material that...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is interviewed by NASA public affairs specialist Jasmine Hopkins before the launch of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician installs the blankets...
S125-E-007969 (16 May 2009) --- Astronauts Andrew Feustel (left) and John Grunsfeld, both STS-125 mission...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Solid Rocket Boosters of the Boeing Delta II rocket, used to launch NASA’s Swift...
S125-E-008276 (16 May 2009) --- Astronauts Andrew Feustel (left) and John Grunsfeld, both STS-125 mission...
Mechanical technicians, Thomas Huber and Joseph Eddy, integrate an electronics box to the Ocean Color Instrument...
Thermal engineer, Deepak Patel, inspects the tightness on a tensioning cable on the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI)....
Vapor Crystal Growth System developed in IML-1, Mercuric Iodide Crystal grown in microgravity FES/VCGS (Fluids...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing Delta II launch vehicle for NASA’s Swift spacecraft is silhouetted against a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The engines of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle ignite to blast NASA’s Swift...
Manufacturing engineer, Roman Nilov, inspects flight hardware after technicians install the Short Wave Infrared...
Mark Nurge, Ph.D., a physicist in the Applied Physics Lab with the Exploration Research and Technology Programs at...
Thermal Engineer, Deepak Patel, reviews test plans and inspects the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) in the thermal...
Leanne Presley, Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) program manager at Ball Aerospace, left, speaks with acting NASA...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, is shown an early mirror alignment image from the James Webb Space Telescope,...